Bavayia sauvagii
Bavayia sauvagii, also known commonly as Sauvage's bavayia and Sauvage's New Caledonian gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.
| Bavayia sauvagii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Bavayia |
| Species: | B. sauvagii |
| Binomial name | |
| Bavayia sauvagii (Boulenger, 1883) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Etymology
The specific name, sauvagii, is in honor of Henri Émile Sauvage, who was a French paleontologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.[3]
Geographic range
B. sauvagii is found on Grande Terre, Île des Pins, and Maré Island including their neighboring islets in New Caledonia.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of B. sauvagii are forest and shrubland, at an altitude of 900 m (3,000 ft).[1]
References
- Whitaker AH, Sadlier RA (2011). "Bavayia sauvagii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176191A7194937. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176191A7194937.en. Downloaded on 17 November 2017.
- Species Bavayia sauvagii at The Reptile Database
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bavayia sauvagii, p. 233).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1883). "On the Geckos of New Caledonia". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883: 116-130 + Plates XXI-XXII. (Lepidodactylus sauvagii, new species, p. 122 + Plate XXII, figures 5, 5a).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Bavayia sauvagii, p. 60). (in German).
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